Airbus says it has obtained an initial license from the United States to supply passenger jets to Iran as part of a 25-billion-dollar deal between the aircraft manufacturer and the Islamic Republic signed in January. Airbus spokesman, Justin Dubon, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the company received the license from the US Treasury’s…
The 2016 Asian Women’s Cup Volleyball Championship started in Vinh Phuc on September 14 and finished on September 20. Iranian girls stood 6th in the championship. The Chinese Taipei women’s national volleyball team has defeated the Iranian side to finish fifth at the end of the 2016 Asian Women’s Cup Volleyball Championship in Vietnam. On…
While in the United States to attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s president met a number of world’s leaders on the sidelines of the event on Tuesday. The meetings indicate Iran’s importance for the leaders in order to expand their economic and political relations, particularly after the last year nuclear…
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the post-JCPOA era is a proper chance for Iran and Japan to upgrade bilateral cooperation to favorable level. President Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. President…
Official figures show Iran’s non-oil exports to Europe are increasing in what is interpreted as a sign of growing interest of European consumers in Iranian products. Figures released by Iran’s Customs Administration show that the value of the country’s non-oil exports to Europe stood at $643 million over a period of five months starting 21…
National Iranian basketball team had the better of South Korea in a final match to win trophy at 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran. The final showdown of the tournament was held on Sunday evening at the 12,000-seat hall of Tehran’s Azadi Sports Complex where Iranian basketballers pulled out a sweeping 77-47 victory over South…
Close to 40 foreign investors have traveled to Iran to study the country’s tourism market, said the head of International Conference on Investment in Tourism Industry. Masoud Soltanifar, who is also head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, further said that following the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the landmark nuclear…
Iranian Naft Airlines, a homebound charter airline providing passenger and cargo services to Iran’s Ministry of Oil, said it received the first Boeing jet. The aircraft, one of the four Boeing 737 single-aisle jetliners bought from the US aviation company, was delivered to Naft Airlines on Sunday, its Managing Director Nurollah Rezai Niyaraki said on…
Iran’s August crude oil exports jumped 15 percent from July to more than two million barrels per day (mbd), according to a source with knowledge of its tanker loading schedule, closing in on Tehran’s pre-sanctions shipment levels of five years ago. The No. 3 OPEC producer has more than doubled its crude exports, excluding the…
An Iranian official announced Mon. the official inauguration of a new port in Kazakhstan’s city of Aktau by the docking of an Iranian ship there. Ali Akbar Ghonji, Managing Director of the Khazar Sea Shipping Lines, announced that Aktau international seaport in Kazakhstan has been officially inaugurated by Kazakhstan’s private sector following the docking of…
